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This is what getting 5 feet of snow in a few days looks like

By Meg Wagner, Digital First Media

Posted:
12/13/2013 03:20:27 PM MST

Updated:
12/13/2013 04:41:03 PM MST

This is what 5 feet of snow looks like

Parts of upstate New York are buried under nearly 5 feet of lake-effect snow, after several days of continual snowfall.Redfield, N.Y. measured 58 inches of snow Friday, while Constable received 56 inches, the Syracuse Post-Standard reports.In Buffalo, N.Y., snowfall rates of around an inch an hour are likely, The Buffalo News reports.The lake effect bands began hitting the region east of Lake Ontario earlier this week. Lake-effect snow happens when cold air passed over warmer water, NBC News explains.This guy ...

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